Euro tour day 30
Today Is going to be my last full day in Singapore and I had
planned other than meeting up with my friend Dawn for dinner, was to visit the
National Museum of Singapore. It was a hot and stuffy day the sort of day you
would visit the place like that. I did not want another day wandering around as
i did not feel that energetic at all. Might be just the toast I have had for
breakfast along with some very bad coffee. I did feel better later after I had
lunch and my aches and pains did go away.
I visited the national museum of Singapore and bought a
ticket for $11 entry since this would get me into see the paintings that were
in Musee d’Orsay. The gallery was not bad at all and I spent some time
wandering in it. The art was from Paris and depicted several different topics
from warfare to work. When I entered I was asked to give my bag to the ladies
as this was something that was not permitted in the particular exhibit. I
misheard the bloke standing at the door thinking he wanted me to place
everything in my pockets into my bag. I had done this yesterday with the
Singapore flyer and I had plenty in my pockets. I took out two phones, one
wallet, one camera, some change, keys and my door card for the hostel. The guy
explained and I did say sorry, but I had mis understood him and it was all
cool. I bet this happens all the time.
By the time I had lunch and visited the History section of
the museum the day was nearly over and I did find it interesting walking along
the events path of the museum with my audio guide. I was listing to just about
everything from the Singapore stone to what had been happening with the
individuals during the war. The path from colonial rule to independence was
really interesting especially when the airline split from Malaysia and went their
own way changing international flight forever. They were the ones who started
the free full service food and drink thing without charging for it although the
group that was in charge did not like it. The exhibition was both video and
audio about the individual exhibits.
That night I went out with Dawn and had dinner with her as
she was showing me the culinary delights of Eastern food. I was again subjected
to decent food and tried out my chopstick skills although seems no one likes
them as I was given a fork. I wasn’t worried although I did try to figure out
what people were saying and also do not go eat late at night, but early around
6pm before the mad rush for food takes place. After leaving Dawn from the
foodie place in Newton which I cant remember the name of. I wandered to Orchard
Avenue where I watched some of the street performances and one huge bookstore
that is Japanese owned, but I got lost in yet again.
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